AAA is rolling out North America’s first fleet of quick-charge trucks
that will rescue dead electric vehicles and get them back on the road.

The move, announced today at the big Plug-In Conference &
Exposition in Raleigh, North Carolina, should help alleviate “range
anxiety,” the nagging fear of being stranded with a dead battery. AAA is
the perfect vehicle — pardon the pun — for this because it is a big
provider of roadside assistance. The company, which has more than 52
million members, wants to establish itself in a new niche as more
automakers join Nissan in offering mainstream mass-market EVs.

“As an EV advocate-turned EV salesman, I applaud the AAA for taking
the lead offering this service to EV drivers,” said Paul Scott, a
founder of the advocacy group Plug-In America. “Many people have asked
me what would happen if they were to run out of juice on the freeway and
now I have a very good answer: They get juiced up by AAA.”